According to Buddha
Familiarity with Nature has bred contempt for her ultimate secrets; our relation with her is one of practical business. We tease her, so to speak, to discover the ways in which she may be forced to serve our purposes; we make use of her energies, whose Source yet remains unknown.
all around me are familiar faces
worn out places, worn out faces
bright and early for their daily races
going nowhere, going nowhere
look right through me, look right through me
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downtown ~ Edmonton, Alberta ~ February ~ 2018
Wonderful compositions, Hedy.
humble thank you Rabirius 😀
fascinating, but I’ve never felt ‘contempt’ for any of nature’s secrets, only intense curiosity
makes sense especially once it’s been said and then it’s not a secret anymore…we do a lot and yes i’m with you curiosité insatiable 😀 smiles and joy for a happy day Eddie 😀
“We gotta get out of this place, if it’s the last thing we ever do.” — Eric Burden/The Animals
true that Ray….good listen with a tea thanks ~ smiles many!
🙂 You made it feel that way. Feeling is so much better than seeing.
feeling is a very very good thing…for me especially 😀 smiles Ray!
A bit of fun street photography. Nicely done, Hedy. Cheers!
ciao Chris…yes i always like street life and urban spaces…have a lovely week! 😀
You too Hedy! Cheers!
yes i am just darting to the airpot to pick up some family and little grandson so fun fun!!! have a lovely week teaching…smiles from snowy etown!
I love your photos, but also love your quotes, Hedy! These images you’ve caught seem so ephemeral, so unplanned and in a way, unexpected. Who could have known such things would be? And where have they gone? Each flashing scrape of connection suggests that unknown Source, as if the entire universe has been signed anonymously… Is that emptiness?
Peace
Michael
dear Michael i appreciate you saying…it’s a mad world in many ways…i am grateful i can walk in the woods and be in quiet sunshine 😀 many smiles ~ hedy 🙂
beautifully you’ve captured
them going nowhere
& well dressed for it 🙂
yup…as i witness from the other side…it is a wonder for me…yes it lots of layers…thanks David 🙂 sunny smiles from etown
This is what it has come to making nature suit us instead of respecting Mother Nature and living with her. It shall come to pass we finally will go back to respecting her and each other. I only hope I am still around. Wonderful street captures Hedy.
yes some days are a wonder…i think there is a lot of work to be done…thanks for saying about my captures…it was so fresh…my batteries ran out quickly in -30 😀
Yes quite chilly. Stay warm.
no bad today…it’s been bitter…i’m warm…i’m grateful for that for sure 🙂
BOOM!
😀 thank you kindly Mike and Lori 😀
the lyrics of ‘mad world’ go hand in hand with you wonderful images… …there is nothing to add.. …you said already everything with this images. Great!
thank YOU dear Markus…it worked to me…i got those Fargo stories in my hedy head 😀 smiles!!!!
I think that that Fargo feeling is always a good source of inspiration for new photos. Wish you many, many good new idea to your hedy head! 🙂 smiles!!!
it’s so bitter but sunny…even my mutts are not liking this cold….it will end it always does 🙂
hold on… there will be spring soon… ..or come to Germany or Russia.. …we got a pretty mild winter over here! 🙂 smiles to you !!! 🙂 🙂 ..and your mutts. 🙂
Yes soon some time away will feel so good…it’s been weird here now freezing rain so it’s like a hockey rink 😜🤣🏃♀️🏃♀️🏃♀️
I can feel the photos. Great shoots.
I do love the idea expressed in your Buddha quotation here. Science is much more humble than most of us think it is. It is definitely an unscientific approach if we think science can explain all. Whenever science explains a fact of nature, it also reveals new worlds to be explored and tried by our faculties of understanding. This is a well of realities that will never run dry.
Ellington
PS.
Why can’t I make a link of my blog title?
yes Ellington….and i imagine a different world…i’m trained as a qualitative researcher…and i trouble facts….and i like what you say about a well of realities that will never run dry…that makes sense to me 🙂 my blog titles are in my https://sloppybuddhist.com/define/
i have to check your blog and Gravatar…i will do this later now i run out ~ smiles and thank you for your thoughtful comments i appreciate them ~ smiles hedy 😀
Dark moods, going to the streets. Where do we long?
dear Language arms 😀 well it’s downtown and it was -30 and early in the morning….it’s a mad world! 😀 smiles ~ hedy 😀
– 30! Good gosh. I stay here! haha
trust me i tried to get back to the Netherlands…and i still imagine…as i am as my father always told me “you’re 100% Dutch”….later ~ it’s warmer now -18 😀
Oh you are a secret little dutchie. Good girl!
i am indeed 😀
That mid-winter darkness….well done. 🙂
thanks kindly i appreciate your comments…humble thank you!
Dark as a January light. Yes. We gotta get out of this place… 😉
Yes indeed got to look around for sure Brain it’s always possible to move along 🤓😘💫 apologies for slow response some computer issues blah blah 🤓 and wee one which was so fun! Smiles from raining etown 💦💦💦💫😀
No worry about speed. I do get tied up too. Smiles for warming up Mexico.
i’m yearning warmth now…telling myself nice thoughts…warm smiles received thank you Brian 😀
Pleasure. I can’t send “canned heat” but I will try to post sunny pictures. (Singapore is on)
Just watched/listened the Animals. (My girl you’re so young and pretty…)
And was drawn to Cream’s “sunshine of your love”… 🙂
Ahhhh young at heart for sure and enjoying the maturation process 🤓☺️👍
Remember the song: “I’m 18 till I die”?
ahhh yes Bryan Adams…i never listened to him much…i am now…:-D i know he is also a photographer…https://www.bryanadams.com/photos/ he’s a creative 😀
He is Canadian if I’m not mistaken? Never really was on my list. But I like that song. 🙂 let’s see the pix.
Interesting pix. Though, OMG, he now looks like a retired accountant. 🙂
🤣😂🤣☺️
Well, Clapton looks like a school teacher now. 🙂
I wrote a paper once “that’s funny you don’t look like an academic”….🤓☺️
An interesting paper. Many people don’t look their part.